IN SECRET Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

in secret

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as in personally

in person and usually privately a business deal conducted in secret

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Recent Examples of in secret The grand jury had been meeting in secret and returned the indictment on July 20. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Some practitioners, particularly in modern Druidry’s early decades, have maintained that their tradition is a direct continuation of the ancient druids’ religion, one that had been preserved in secret over two millennia. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Their enshrinement was carried out in secret by Yasukuni’s head priest in 1978, three years after Hirohito last prayed at the shrine. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 The grand jury, which had been meeting in secret, returned the indictment on July 20, and it was unsealed Wednesday, when 32-year-old Nick Reiner entered a not guilty plea. — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for in secret

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